Issue 0x01 - Hello, World!

💾 A monthly digest of text-based game development successes, failures, inspiration, and anecdotes from the members of The MUD Coders Guild.

Greetings, adventurers!

Welcome to the inaugural issue of The MUD Coders Guild newsletter, a monthly digest of text-based game development, successes, failures, inspiration, and anecdotes from the members of The MUD Coders Guild community.

Two years ago, I started The MUD Coders Guild as a way to connect with other software developers and hobbyists who—like myself—have a love for playing and creating Multi-User Dungeons. These online, multiplayer text-based games have a history older than the internet itself, and as a result have inspired countless people to embrace the world of software development.

While I created The MUD Coders Guild as a way to geek out about MUDs with my fellow nerds, it has become so much more. Thanks to its members, I can proudly say that together we have built an intelligent, open, and accepting community; inspired by a niche passion, but powered by our collective love for creativity in software development.

ErlMUD is a networked Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) game system. The purpose of the project is to demonstrate various Erlang styles commonly found in the wild by detailing the evolution of this project as it passes through them.

Stick in the MUD is a podcast about, you guessed it, Multi-User Dungeons. Episode Seven, in particular, is about MUD development, and specifically calls out Ranvier—a popular Node.js MUD engine currently in active development by several TMCG community members—as a potential starting point for aspiring MUD developers.

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The clear sky of reality slowly crosses the horizon. With much effort you tear yourself free of the storm, but deep within your heart you know that there is no escaping the storm that rages within…

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